Saturday, May 31, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Card of the Day - Faceless Saboteur
So I went to Magic Game Day today and got myself a playset of the full art Squelching Leeches. I realized while brushing my teeth that the Leeches are a lesser version of a card from Future Sight, Korlash, Heir to Blackblade. Presenting Faceless Saboteur:
This card uses the same basic concept, but in reverse. I chose a card that already exists and made a Grandeur creature with the same stats and ability, and changed the flavor. Bonus points if you can name the original card without looking it up. Also, if you don;t remember Espionage, here's the rules text for it: (Whenever this card would deal damage to a player, that player puts twice that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard instead.)
This card uses the same basic concept, but in reverse. I chose a card that already exists and made a Grandeur creature with the same stats and ability, and changed the flavor. Bonus points if you can name the original card without looking it up. Also, if you don;t remember Espionage, here's the rules text for it: (Whenever this card would deal damage to a player, that player puts twice that many cards from the top of his or her library into his or her graveyard instead.)
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Card of the Day - Searing Jolt
Here's another take on Maximize. This time, you can choose to get a single extra copy each time you cast it. Fun!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
Card of the Day - Seasoned Scalawag
This card is from the Red/Blue/Green plane, where storms rage constantly and volcanoes, at seemingly random intervals, erupt on verdant islands of the vast sea.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Card of the Day - Coordinated Leap
This would be a very limited card; only useful if you're playing with frogs... if it didn't have that nifty transmute ability on it. I have a feeling this card is going to be used to transmute 90% of the time, but the other 10% will be amazing.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Card of the Day - Amphibious Stalker
I really wanted to make this cost GG, but in the context of a set full of three-color planes, it seemed like a bad idea. Anyway, this lil' guy lives on the plane of Deepmire. The brackish waters of this Blue, Black, and Green plane churn under a dense green canopy, and within live a tribe of frogmen. Some of those frogmen are sneaky.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Monday, April 21, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Card of the Day - Barstoe Roggar, Patriarch
Friday, April 18, 2014
Card of the Day - Something in the Attic
The flavor of Roggara really shines through in Something in the Attic. Creepy and looming. I dig it.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Card of the Day - Haunted Hyacinth
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Card of the Day - Overgrown Estate
I'm doing something a little unorthodox by showing you a card that already exists. The reason I'm showing you this card is because it is the setting of Roggara, the BGW wedge. Roggara is a pocket plane which consists of the above Overgrown Estate and not much else. The tiny plane is only one gigantic building which is, of course, both haunted and overgrown.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Card of the Day - Unbowed Brawler
If you don't remember Oppression as a keyword ability, you might not understand why this is an Arici card.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Saturday, April 12, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
Card of the Day - Goldburst
Those of you familiar with the original Mirrodin set will recognize this as a less useful Shrapnel Blast. In fact, Shrapnel Blast is strictly better than Goldburst. That doesn't mean that this card wouldn't see play with the right support.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Card of the Day - Emperor Isba of Arici
Greed and oppression go well together. Gold tokens abound in Arici, and you can use them for more than just mana. The keyword ability Oppression is useful in creature stalemates.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Card of the Day - Arici Charm
A few years back, WOTC released the Shards of Alara set, in which five separate worlds, or "Shards" were put together in one set. Each of those shards had only three colors of mana available to them. For instance: Jund, the Red/Green/Black shard, was a place of brutal survival and dangerous predators.
I'm taking this concept a little further by introducing the 'Wedges" of something-or-other. Five distinct worlds that have only three colors of mana. The difference is that these worlds share a pair of allied colors and the color that is their common enemy.
The first of these is Arici, the White/Black/Red Wedge. This plane has a large city which is ruled by a devil masquerading as a human. Only a few people at the top know that their Emperor, Isba, is utterly evil. His corruption sinks into everything in the plane of Arici. If one were to spend a little time there, one would be hard-pressed to miss the fact that the lovely marble pillars are veined with something impure.
Tomorrow I will introduce you to the mechanics of Arici.
I'm taking this concept a little further by introducing the 'Wedges" of something-or-other. Five distinct worlds that have only three colors of mana. The difference is that these worlds share a pair of allied colors and the color that is their common enemy.
The first of these is Arici, the White/Black/Red Wedge. This plane has a large city which is ruled by a devil masquerading as a human. Only a few people at the top know that their Emperor, Isba, is utterly evil. His corruption sinks into everything in the plane of Arici. If one were to spend a little time there, one would be hard-pressed to miss the fact that the lovely marble pillars are veined with something impure.
Tomorrow I will introduce you to the mechanics of Arici.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Card of the Day - Staff of Athreos
I'm kind of bummed that Born of the Gods didn't do the weapons of the gods. If Journey Into Nyx does, The Staff of Athreos might look something like this.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Card of the Day - Recruit
Here's a play on yesterday's card. I took off the creature part to make a mirror of Bitterblossom. Let me know what you think,
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Card of the Day - Shift Alleigance
This was a tough one to cost correctly. I was very torn between RW, RU, and UW. I ultimately decided with RW because the exchange was fair (white) while really causing chaos (red). I feel like blue wouldn't use this card. There's no motivation for blue to swap something if it gains nothing. I also really like that this card does nothing in a two player game. Discuss.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
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